April 4: LULL BEFORE THE STORM

More than 200 anti-apartheid demonstrators rally in front of Massachusetts Hall, and then march to the Cambridge Common on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's death.

April 15: STUDENTS AWAKEN TO SHANTYTOWN IN THE YARD

In the early hours of the morning, SASC members construct a 16-foot high Ivory Tower and seven black shanties in the front of University Hall to protest the University's intransigence on the divestment issue.

April 16: "OPEN UNIVERSITY" COMPLETED

After completing and weatherproofing their shantytown, protesters detail their demands for an "open university," including the creation of a Third World student center and a meeting with President Bok.

April 21: CONSERVATIVES ERECT GULAG

The Conservative Club erects a "Black Tower" and "gulag," to protest University investments in companies dealing with the Soviet Union.

In an address before the Undergraduate Council that same night, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 states that the University may not always consider this demonstration "a legitimate expression of free speech."

April 25: DEMONSTRATORS "VISIT" UNIVERSITY OFFICERS

After police foil a planned takeover of Wadsworth House by SASC, 70 students visit the offices of three University executives charged with handling Harvard's investment portfolio.

April 29: BOK CONFRONTS PROTESTERS

Bok rolls up his shirt-sleeves and meets face-to-face with students in the Yard to answer questions about Harvard's investment policies.

May 2: HOLYOKE CENTER OFFICE SEIZED

When protesters grab a seventh floor office in Holyoke Center, police shut off access to the Yard by locking gates. Demonstrators staged the seven-hour sit-in to protest Harvard's $8.8 million invested in the Shell Oil Co.